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Khalilah Birdsong

"IFE MAN". Khalilah builds layers up and then takes them away to create a painting that is, ultimately, whole. The process of layering and stripping builds a rich history and also reveals patches of older, more forgotten colors.

More about the Artist:
I am interested in survival and resurgence. Distress, weathering is palpable on the canvas, but so is resurgence. I build layers up and then take them away to create a painting that is, ultimately, whole. The process of layering and stripping builds contusions, bumps and raw ridges, but also reveals patches of older, more forgotten colors. Every painting is an experience through process, which translates to the canvas to create a story that can only be experienced visually. My process is strenuous to the medium. Through it, my paintings achieve resolution.